Resources

On March 28, 2013, Amazon announced that it had purchased Goodreads, the popular social network for readers. Goodreads also announced the purchase on its blog, which rapidly filled up with more than 2,000 comments from members. Though some were excited, especially about the possibility of better syncing between Goodreads and Amazon’s popular Kindle e-reader, many others were worried or even angry.… Read more

Genealogy is one of my hobbies, so I enjoy inventing elaborate family histories for my characters. Unfortunately, I’ve found that the genealogy programs I use to keep track of my own family history are not well suited for creating family trees for fictional characters.… Read more

Generators are scripts that automatically generate writing prompts, character names, plots twists, and just about anything else under the sun. Some are silly, some are serious, some are just plain awesome. They’re a great way to give your creativity a swift kick in the butt when it’s flagging, so play around with a few and see what you come up with!… Read more

If you’ve made it this far without finding the perfect writing software for your needs, here’s your last chance before you have to go code your own. This is my little “holding pen” for potentially useful software programs and other tools that I discovered recently and haven’t had time to investigate in enough detail to categorize properly.… Read more

Kerry is the author of P is for Princess: The Extraordinary Lives of 26 Real-Life Princesses, and numerous articles and blog posts on topics such as history, science, gardening, sustainability, and women’s issues.